Can’t make it to PDC in Redmond? Webcast and local events

For those who can’t, or don’t want to, attend Microsoft’s scaled-down Professional Developers Conference later this month in Redmond, the company will webcast the keynotes and sessions and has set up local events around the world. The event, which Microsoft uses to energize and educate its developer base, runs Oct. 28 and 29 at its headquarters — and is big this year because of the release of a new platform: Windows Phone 7. More information is here.